I love everything about this channel. So interesting and well edited. My question is - remembering the video about the company that came in with the big equipment and quickly cleared off some land for you... do you have any plans to do that again? Maybe enlarge by another acre or two?
Definitely no live streams please. We really enjoy your channel. I have already tackled one project that I was hesitant to attempt. But after watching one of your videos where you guys were encouraging us to no be afraid to try things,, think Kevin said that you can amaze yourselves at what you are actually capable of doing,, I tackled the project and completed it myself.
I just have to make this comment....As a single recently retired man, I really appreciate the recipes and level of detail you guys provide for cooking. I have cooked carefully selected simple things with simple recipes most of my life, but the basics of daily country cooking escape me. That is changing. Growing up in the urban south, our family almost always had a garden of varying size and even raised a beef calf in an adjoining lot a few times, so I am familiar with growing things. My mother was a wonderful cook and to a great extent cooked from canned or frozen foods that we raised. That stuck with me, and I have canned and froze purchased food most of my adult life, or when time would allow. My wife was always the cook. There is nothing better tasting and healthy than home preserved foods in the winter. I still have two canners and a large dehydrator and know how to use them. I also recently bought a vacuum sealing machine and food processor to help with processing and preserving more food this year. If a pandemic ever (it will) occurs again, I don't want to be in the same position I am in currently. Again, I enjoy your videos and appreciate the information you provide as you continue learning yourself. God Bless you all.
That’s so weird, when your video started I was looking at Sarah thinking “I wonder how old she is” I thought, well from all they’ve talked about in their videos that I’ve watched I think she’s probably around 42, but she sure doesn’t look it, I would have placed your age at about 36-38 years old. Farming agrees with you guys totally. You guys are the best to best on RUclips, thanks for always being yourselves
Sara and Kevin, thank you so very much for your uplifting videos, especially in this time of the Covid19 virus. It is very easy to let stress and anxiety erode ones thoughts and mood. You two are accomplishing more than guiding your viewers through the process of homesteading. You are bringing a healthy, positive attitude and lifestyle to all of us and we appreciate it more than you realize. ❣️
How to you store and organize your home canned goods, and related to that, How many freezers do you have and how do you organize those so you can find your yummy food when you want it? Thanks! Love your channel, you've helped us so much!
I grew up in Southern Missouri and my husband grew up in the Phoenix area. :-) We have both always wanted to create our own place to raise meat, grow veggies & fruits and teach our future generations how to respect and live with nature. Our next step is to begin our tiny rabbit ranch, then move up to an acre in the city to have enough room for more animals. It's awesome to have a channel like yours to refer to; I really enjoy your projects and we're trying out some of your recipes. Keep creating, we love watching.
Hello; as always I so enjoy your videos. Live chats get distracting for me and as a senior citizen , sometimes the chats get going a little too fast to keep up with and then I loose what you're saying , so this is much better. Love your canning videos Sara, brings back such good memories of when My Mom and sisters and I canned. I was the youngest of seven. And we lived on a large ranch that my Dad loved and my Mom had a Hugh garden. ( And we had 500 Apple trees, we made apple butter in copper kettles over wood fire and stirred it for hours with these long handled wood stirring paddles. Made apple cider. Us kids Sold apples at a fruit stand my Dad made s,so we could buy school clothes. We all belonged to 4-H and then I fell in love with a city slicker for 34 yrs till the lord called him home.. Oh well, but those were the best times of my life. Sorry I got long winded, that's why I don't comment much. You both do a great job. Hugs from Livonia, Michigan. God Bless. oh ya, Hi Girls.
Thank you for NOT doing live streams. I just love the way on each video you explain the chore or issue you are working on. Yes, keep the girls off the videos . Love the pigs and all the babies. We lived in WI in Blanchardville for 4.5 years. Loved our 6 cows and chickens. We are in Montana now. Just super love your videos, stories and teaching. Your wonderful family is showing me a godly family of respect for each other. Love you all
I thought Kevin looks thinner too but so does Sarah. Have you changed your diet or lifestyle? Thanks for another Q&A. Love your girls and wish them well in their lives.
Glad to see Kevin has shaved off some of the neck & facial hair, because it makes him look too old to have a beautiful wife like Sarah. You are a beautiful couple. I watch all your videos that I can catch, but would love to see you both all dressed up for church on Sunday morning, & a picture of your church. I was raised on a farm with 8 siblings, and we raised over an acre of planted garden. It was nothing for mom & us girls to can well over 500 jars of food to get us through to the next gardening season. And we had a huge freezer that we kept full of garden stuff & fresh pork & beef. It was hard work, but we always had plenty of good ole home grown, home cooked food. I thank God for that experience. God Bless your family.
LTH is right there at the top. You always do such a thorough job in sharing! In these days more and more people are waking up to be self reliant instead of the (old, outdated and downright destructive) "get a good education so you can get a high powered, high paying job with a big corporation" nonsense, you're a valuable asset...! Your subscribers have grown to over 300G and that, plus the many comments, is hands down proof of that. It seems just rather recently it was in the upper 200Gs as I was looking to see it surpass the 300G...and I missed it...! So, a belated congrats! I love that you take the time to occasionally make a vid to answer questions. Thanks for all you do!
Love this format better than live stream. In fact, I don’t even watch live streams. They are usually too long because they spend so much tiime acknowledging every person who shows up. So even if you get better internet keep up this method.
I live in New York City, in a smallish apartment, but you have made me more aware of light and nature, and inspired me to grow some vegetables in my sunny windows. I've started with scallions, and in the Fall I'll plant garlic. I don't have sun all day in any window, so I move the plants from the southeast facing to the southwest facing windows every day. Even city dwellers can be (very part-time) homesteaders! Thanks for your inspiration!
I love watching your videos. Congrats on 22 years together. We are going on 50 years on June 13th together. The reason for success is not giving up and understanding people are different. Don't try to change your partner, compliment them.
It seems to me that you two are friends. Sure, love is very important in a marriage, but friendship - just liking each other - gets you through the tougher times.
I always note the mutual RESPECT each of you has for the other on camera and most surely in daily life. Each of you listens to the other’s talking point, each of you verbally supports or adds to the other’s contribution, and each of you never interrupts the other. I’m sure that in daily life this foundation is a pillar of your success. Blessings to you and yours, JDBurns in SoCal
They share their Christian beliefs, that goes 90% towards a good marriage, the rest is love and respect for each other as individuals. I think that is the biggest thing in a good working marriage.
You two are so stinkin cute! I absolutely love all your videos. They are very informative, but also just plain fun to watch. You're about the same age as our older son. We are in our late 60's and love to garden together, but don't think we have it in us to do the size garden you have, or all the other stuff you do. We are trying the woven ground cover for the first time, on your recommendation. However, we live about 4 hours west of Dallas, and that black cover is getting pretty hot. Thank you for sharing your lives and your expertise with us. Blessings!
I’ve been watching y’all for sometime now. Watching y’all just makes me smile. I just wanted to let you know. That even though you don’t often speak about it, I can see the Holy Spirit in y’all. Keep doing what your doing. I love watching y’all.
It's always the chickens that get ya lol That's how the homesteading bug bit me hahaha Thank you for all the wonderful videos and information. Y'all save us so much time and money on not having to do the trial and error. God bless y'all!
I absolutely love the fact that you keep your kids off camera for the most part. Thats the one thing that stops me from having a channel of videos. My kids are such a huge part of my garden and can't imagine making them stay away while doing videos
Love it! One of the questions I've had is, the only veterinary stuff we've seen is with Hope... is there any veterinary work with the pigs or rabbits? Shots? Deworming? That kinda thing...
Love y'all's channel first off. Now for the question--- seeing how today's cost of living keeps jumping how do you keep up with what it takes to homestead financially speaking and does this lifestyle pay for itself for y'all in the long run? I understand that not every year will be the same but just an overall look at it. Do you think that the harvest from the homestead supports itself? Thank you for allowing us in your lives. I'm just wondering if Kevin will use his nerdy math on me now 😂😂😂
Rosendale! When we would go to Packers games we knew that if we used the restroom at the stadium we could make it to Rosendale before needing to use a restroom again. Everyone in our southern Wisconsin county did the same thing and would always stop at a bar on the east side of Main Street where the Mobil Station is now. It closed some time ago and they tore it down to build the gas station. We also knew to ALWAYS drive the speed limit going through Rosendale because if you were even 1 MPH over the speed limit you'd get a ticket. In fact, I remember they used to sell T-shirts that said, "Rosendale: Just the Ticket!"
In Michigan a common practice is to let goats and cows graze woodlots and it turns into wooded pasture over time. As an added bonus it makes great deer hunting area.
You don't know what you don't know but I know I enjoy watching and learning from you. Your videos have been therapeutic in so many ways and I thank you Kevin and Sara for this. Sara, I too am a Survivor and the video you did while sitting on the porch left an imprint on my heart. I do not watch many live videos as I feel I miss something. I am on my way to Wisconsin to be with my Grandchildren for awhile and look forward to spending some time in the yard with my family! Thank you for sharing your life from milking the cow to canning chicken to putting up a greenhouse!
Great video! I am a “wannabe” homesteader...your story about your marriage gives me hope! Met my wife when we were 18...married at 22...will be celebrating 20 years in June...I have dreams of becoming more self sufficient (food and energy)...at present I’ll have to settle for living vicariously through your channel! Keep up the good work..it’s inspiring!
Gregory Roy start! Right where you are at. Add foods into your landscaping or container garden on your patio. Just get started. If you are lucky enough to still have farmers market open, buy a lot and learn to can. I wish I would have done this before we moved to the country because then it would have been much easier to learn larger scale gardening already knowing how to can. Trying to learn too many skills at once is overwhelming. If you are thinking of rabbits as meat, most city’s consider them domestic pets so you could start learning how to care and breed in your back yard. They are quiet and not smelly. Go ahead and just start where you are... there are many skills you can learn still living in the city. Do a RUclips search for Urban homesteaders. Get started and Good luck!
Thanks for sharing your homesteading info, Kevin and Sarah. I also prefer your Q&A format over the more rambling and chaotic nature of live stream. I appreciate your focus and dedication to teaching and sharing. Keep up the good work! God bless.
Good morning from the foothills of NC. My hubby & I are the same. We work together very well & it makes life so much easier. We met later in life but better late than never. I love watching y'all & we are working on doing more things to make us more self-sufficient. We just moved here a year ago onto 19 acres but most of that is a hollow with wooded hills. We also hunt to stock our freezer & this property is great for that. We just planted our 1st garden & we're getting ready to get our 1st feeder pigs. We're also working on clearing about 3 acres of old pasture land for a cow or two in the future. I'll be 50 this fall & I'm disabled from chemo treatments because of breast cancer (6 yr survivor) but I so love being outside. It's hard for me most days to get motivated but your videos have me wanting to do so much. Lov'em! Bless you & your family & keep up the great work 🥰
Sarah I'm 8o this July and I'm going to plant a garden !!! . My husband is a computer expert and I'm a farm girl haha, doesn't mesh very well, but I am going to do it. He framed in a 4ft.x10ft . I will wait to plant after the quits. I love your channel so much pure joy for me to watch. Could you tell me the name of black plastic you are using. I live in Niagara falls Canada don't no if I can get it here. Thank so much God Bless
@@enahersom3167 , In Canada as well, try Tractor Supply, Dubois agricultural supplies , Vessy seeds in PEI but I just called and they are out of stock. I got a small roll from Lee Valley about 45 dollars.
You 2 remind me so much of my husband and I 20 yrs ago. We have always had the same mind set knowing who had the best knowledge of each thing we did here. We are each others best friend and thank God everyday we found each other.
Would of should of could of...we are so loving you both and respect how you are living your lives the info from the videos are priceless if we had to do it over again we would be homesteaders.❤
No questions, just compliments! Watching you two and a couple of other homesteaders has been so much pleasure for us. We don't do T.V., so our outlook is a little more realistic. So, Thank you both for sharing as you do, and TEACHING - (
If you want to open your land up, sell some of your trees to the loggers, they pay well and take the trees down for you, and you get to choose what trees go and what trees stay, just a thought
Yeah, I know youvsaid you didnt want to knock it all down, which I love, but a week with an excavator could set you up with a few years of firewood and a few acres to seed for pasture. Its not all or nothing.
With the upmost respect the difference between you clearing some land or buying already cleared is the difference between butchering your own meat or buying from a store, someone had to clear the land anyway. You have more control over what is cleared and what is not.
I love watching you two working together. My husband and I work the same way, even 37 years later. When we do something I’ll know right away what he’s doing and move right along with what I can do to help. We communicate by body language and knowing what the steps are. I love seeing that with you both.
Hang in there you two. My husband and I work good together like you all and it has been almost 45 years. We even took on building our home that we live in, and that was 30 years ago. God helps us all along the way. Doubled our garden this year. Love watching things grow. Baby bunnies are do to arrive this Monday. Love the way you do the videos. God Bless
I only watch three homesteading channels. Your channel is my first go-to when I need small farm answers. I love the details in your instructions. I love the product recommendations. I love the encouragement. Makes me feel as if you are both right here by my side, teaching me as I garden. Thank you for all your hard work.
Love you two. This is much better than live streaming. YOUR HONESTY AND PRACTICALITY IS MUCH APPRECIATED. Glad you;re letting your girls to opt out of your videos. Too many predators out there. Bless you all.
I am always waiting for your next video so I can see what you're up to. I have chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, rabbits and cows. You have taught me so much. I have butchered chickens and rabbits and am going to try a pig soon. Just finished building rabbit tractors! Thank you so much for what you do!
Hi Kevin and Sarah, thank you for the videos you do for us. I'm from South Africa and grew up on a farm but now live in a small town. Sarah I just want to tell you that your banana bread is awesome and I've made some and given it as gifts and I've generally had the comment of, "wow that's the best banana bread I've ever had ". So thank you again. God bless and please keep going as I especially enjoy what you both do and yes I have learnt a lot. Lynnette
You both share the same passion for homesteading and healthy food. Both of you obviously are not afraid of hard work. Most of all there is no egotism involved in working together because you respect yourself and each other. That respect shows in your conversations.
Oh to be your age again. I've always been a farm girl at heart. Managed a few brief forays into farm life and learned a lot in my 20's and 30's. When hubby and I reached our 50's, finally bought a home with enough room for a tiny urban homestead. It's been heaven. Chickens, rabbits, Nigerian Dwarfs (for a while until zoning said no 😭), garden and fruit trees. My question to you is, do you have plans for the future when you reach retirement age and beyond? We are at that stage right now, both retired, in our late 60's. Age and health is taking it's toll and we're having to navigate a new reality. The last 25 years went by in a blink of an eye.
Karla, to answer your question, regarding the next step for being "60 something". Not sure what health issues you are dealing with, but my husband and I are in our early 70s and farming away! We are in reasonable health and just keep on going... Yes, except for the cattle herd, we carefully evaluate what we will undertake on our large farm. Wish we could give part of our 350 acre farm to Kevin & Sarah, but we are under a local land trust. Cannot subdivide. A state effort to protect open land in New Hampshire. With today's challenges, we plan to raise Barred Rock chickens for eggs and meat. I want to also raise geese again. Like the Toulouse and Pilgrim breeds. And if course we have multiple gardens. I would consider Nigerian dairy goats. Best of luck with whatever you decide - Diane
My husband and I, are 2 years older than Kevin and Sarah. We've contemplated if we want to continue on our land, as we age, or consider downsizing. There are many rabbit holes to get lost in, attempting to answer that question. Because no-one has a crystal ball of how your health is going to play-out in future. So how we answer the question of the future is - asking whether we'd enjoy the downsized lifestyle, on a smaller plot of land and having to consult whether we can fart within 2 metres of the neighbours fence-line, without incurring a complaint. The answer is inevitably, "no"! We would not like to live that way. So even if we have to maintain this lifestyle, with increasing aches and pains, it's preferable to the postage stamp lifestyle, we escaped in the first place. But that's us. It's not going to be for everybody. Some people would prefer the closeness, smaller sized living, offers. So what they envisage for retirement, will be different to what we do. :)
@@dianehall5345 , you're so lucky to be able to still do those things! I have an autoimmune disease that has rendered me nearly incapable of walking in the last two years. I was a transit bus driver for 26 years, always active and my husband and I fished, hunted, camped, hiked. Started going downhill the last two years working. Just made it to full retirement when my body gave up. It's been hard giving up a job I loved, and not being able to do the things I had planned for retirement. But, we are still here, persevering. My kids and family are okay. We have everything we need. So, all and all I'll say we are lucky too. Continued good luck and health to you and your loved ones. 😊
@@Christodophilus , yes! Keep your dream alive. You've asked yourselves all the right questions. So many can't see beyond next month, let alone years. Good luck! 😊
@@ladydriver0_0 Thanks Karla, and I hope you enjoy what ultimately fits your circumstances too. Just a quick note of what you said to Diane, I also have an autoimmune disease. Going on 30+ years now. Knowing what acreage asks of me, it became a mission to defy the statistical odds. I did a lot of medical research, not on my condition, but on what prolongs biological functions the most. I made a lot of lifestyle changes, my physicians weren't asking me to do, to manage my condition better. Which has resulted (thus far) in being relatively healthy. I always wonder what I will physically be able to do, beyond 60. Statistically, I'm supposed to be deteriorating, the longer I have my condition. But I've never been one to follow statistics. My goal has always been to defy them. While I'm very appreciative of the medical team I have (and will continue to consult with them) we have very different ideas of how to treat my condition. Because I'm able to voluntarily experiment with things they would say, I shouldn't try - while they have to wait the 10+ years, for research to vindicate my results. Please continue to listen to your treating physicians, but don't stop with them. Fade the statistics to the shadows, where they belong. I know all about the statistics they'll tell you, and the horrible things you can look forward to. It's not their fault, it's just their job to tell you that stuff. But do your own research into how to improve the biological functions in your body, which are struggling at present. Anyway, best of luck. :)
Thanks for the great videos. Love you guys for your easygoing nature and valuable information. My daughter and son-in-law are just starting their homestead and are the same age as yourselves. They also are a great team and hard workers. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and expertise, greatly appreciated. Much love 🥰 Stay safe.
Really like your channel as well as the way you both interact. Also learn from the food prep and preservation. Thanks so much and may God bless youall both in these tryingto times.
Me and my wife are just getting started urban homesteading on a third of an acre in Colorado Springs. Just subscribed to you all after watching you teach me how you made your chicken tractors. Very informative channel and feel like you all are like minded and going to be a great mentors. Keep up the great work!!!
I really don’t have any questions for ya but I love this format of Q-A much better! I don’t watch live streams because there’s very little conversation and a whole lot of....... “hi DeeDee, there’s upstate homestead, oh lookie there’s Billy Bo and Susie Q”.....that gets old real fast!
My wife and I love you guys so much! Y’all have inspired me to get started with rabbits, chickens, garden stuff and just generally being more self efficient.
Good 🌄 , happy to 👂 from you guys again. Looks nice that's a blessing of together this long. Awesome 👪 i 💘 watching your video and Channel too. Great crops and animals that you have did pretty good. I used to live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin back in 1984 and Ruleville,Mississippi .In 2018 me and my 👪 moved to Houston Texas i 💘 it here. Land already look big and nice.
Kevin & Sarah, I have followed your journey for a long time and really enjoy your videos. We are in our 70's and you are like our children... ;-) since all our children live across the country. One Question: I would like to hear more about your faith and how it forms your relationships and focus. Peace and Blessings.
Thanks; enjoyed listening to your comments, which shed light on why you make a good team. I'm in my 60's, retired and lived most of my adult life in the city. But, as a yound child, I grew up on my grandparent's farm. I marvel when I see you working and caring for your garden and small animals. It's amazing how your life mirrors what I experienced as a child. And, as for my grandparents, I'm sure they would agree they lived a rewarding life. Good luck to you both and I wish all God's blessings for you and your family.
Always so nice to hear more about you and your homesteading life, you guys are always so very busy, but I do have one question that is besides your regular homesteading type work do either of you have hobbies that you enjoy (when you have the time) lol. Love your channel I find myself looking forward to every video, My husband and I are both close to our 70's now and I so wish I had done what you guys did. But I am giving it a go at growing some tomatoes and peppers lol.a start. tfs your life with us....Mary
Hey! I know when harvest begins, canning, freezing and dehydrating also begin, but could we see more cooking vids until then? I also love to see your ways of putting up food! Thanks!!
You've got plenty of grass for the cow in the front yard - put up your temporary electric fence & move it around as she "mows" the lawn for you. We always tethered each our horses to a cement block and let them graze the front yard freely. They loved it. Nice video & format!
I love this Q and A format. Way better than live chats, for sure. You could expand the pig pens and Hope's area by selectively removing a few trees. That way you aren't plowing down acres of trees, plus you'd get firewood for winter. Love your channel, it is one of the best!!!
Great video 👍 You guys are two of the hardest working RUclips creators that I subscribe to. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.✌️❤️ We had a similar set up in Texas with just over 11 acres with only a few for pasture. We ended up with goats and donkeys instead of cows.
I love this format you use! Please keep it going and I love your nerdy farm math! It helps me in figuring things I may have overlooked. Keep up the great videos. Thanks Gene
Love,Love your homestead.....My question is, How do you sustain your family financially? What money do you have coming in? Do you maintain a budget? I am almost 70 years old so this is not for me but 30 years ago, we might have given this a try.....Everything you attempt to do is interesting and love your garden tips but nothing beats the morning chores. Love to see the ducks, turkeys, chickens, pigs and Hope......Keep up the good organic work....God Bless.....
You guys are so awesome! You remind me and the hubs!❤️We're learning each and every day, and sadly... we don't own anything... we rent...I started growing again to heal cancer and other ailments, but to also teach our son what can be achieved... kind of a mission for me, us, and I Thankyou for the beautiful people you are on the most beautiful of mornings we've had in Ontario, Canada in quite some time!🙏🇨🇦Best morning coffee ever!:)
You guy's answered many of my questions, I so enjoy watching your video's, my husband and I had dreams and planes when we moved to the country, like you said we would have gotten more cleared land. I just completely enjoy watching, God bless stay safe. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💜💜 Hi to those beautiful girls 👋
You could fell and sell some walnut, oak or hickory trees and clear some land, that way it wouldn't be a waste for you, and it's good money. But, even though you're young yet, one day, you may be glad you don't have more to care for! Take it from an active 61-year-old. You just slow down, lol. I just love you two!
I’m actually quite jealous of how well you guys work together. My husband and I both want a homestead. But...while he enjoys the benefits of homesteading (growing our own food as well as the peace and quiet and being self reliant).... I’m the one that does all the work. I have to beg him for help when there is something I just can’t do alone. Otherwise he says it’s just “not his thing”. He has no interest in gardening (but likes to eat from it) no interest in the work to care for animals (but enjoys watching them, and enjoys eating them). He has no interest in learning any of it. I remind him that if something happened to me, he would lose that life and die without me LOL
I love watching you both. I'm RN and work full-time with cancer patients. I love gardening and did have chickens at one time. Keep doing what you are doing!
I've noticed that you only have 7 ducks I thought you started with 3 then 6 more, but maybe something happened to them. I am an avid watcher, I look forward to your video s and you have helped me with my balcony raised beds. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. Blessings to your family
For your next Q&A session - a few suggestions - I would like your reaction. Have you ever considered keeping bees for all the benefits they offer - food - wax - pollinating your plants - and 2) growing your own fodder indoors for your animals?
I also like this format much better than live chats!!!!!
I agree. Some of the live chatters spend so much time saying hi to people that join. Very distracting and they go on way too long.
Agree! Much better than live.
So do i. Live chat is to chaotic.
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I don't like live stream. The only thing I ever see is You Tubers saying Hi Janice.. Hi James... it's annoying. Love this format is way better
WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE! i usually don't stick around for the live chats.
The you tubers spend more time saying hi to every one that they can’t focus on anything else.
I love everything about this channel. So interesting and well edited. My question is - remembering the video about the company that came in with the big equipment and quickly cleared off some land for you... do you have any plans to do that again? Maybe enlarge by another acre or two?
Rustie Salazar I hate live Chats I don’t watch them
Live streams are too narcissistic..... look at me !!! Just ask a real question and shut up !
I so prefer this format to live chats. I get bored with those
Ditto
I don't watch lives, even from my favorite YT.
Aubergine1941 I can’t stand live chats because most people stop being themselves and put on a syrupy persona.
@@darlajohnson2020 me either!
Same! Live stream tend to drag on to me. The chat goes too fast and it is hard to get your questions answered, because it gets missed.
Definitely no live streams please. We really enjoy your channel. I have already tackled one project that I was hesitant to attempt. But after watching one of your videos where you guys were encouraging us to no be afraid to try things,, think Kevin said that you can amaze yourselves at what you are actually capable of doing,, I tackled the project and completed it myself.
I just have to make this comment....As a single recently retired man, I really appreciate the recipes and level of detail you guys provide for cooking. I have cooked carefully selected simple things with simple recipes most of my life, but the basics of daily country cooking escape me. That is changing. Growing up in the urban south, our family almost always had a garden of varying size and even raised a beef calf in an adjoining lot a few times, so I am familiar with growing things. My mother was a wonderful cook and to a great extent cooked from canned or frozen foods that we raised. That stuck with me, and I have canned and froze purchased food most of my adult life, or when time would allow. My wife was always the cook. There is nothing better tasting and healthy than home preserved foods in the winter. I still have two canners and a large dehydrator and know how to use them. I also recently bought a vacuum sealing machine and food processor to help with processing and preserving more food this year. If a pandemic ever (it will) occurs again, I don't want to be in the same position I am in currently.
Again, I enjoy your videos and appreciate the information you provide as you continue learning yourself. God Bless you all.
Sweetest couple online.
That’s so weird, when your video started I was looking at Sarah thinking “I wonder how old she is” I thought, well from all they’ve talked about in their videos that I’ve watched I think she’s probably around 42, but she sure doesn’t look it, I would have placed your age at about 36-38 years old. Farming agrees with you guys totally. You guys are the best to best on RUclips, thanks for always being yourselves
I love that your my age!!! And that you keep your daughters safe and private. Thanks for the update on yourselves! :)
Sara and Kevin, thank you so very much for your uplifting videos, especially in this time of the Covid19 virus. It is very easy to let stress and anxiety erode ones thoughts and mood. You two are accomplishing more than guiding your viewers through the process of homesteading. You are bringing a healthy, positive attitude and lifestyle to all of us and we appreciate it more than you realize. ❣️
I am SO glad that you are keeping your children out of the filming. It's so refreshing to have parents not push your children in front of the camera.
Team work makes the dream Work! That's just how my husband and I work.
Much better format than live stream.
How to you store and organize your home canned goods, and related to that, How many freezers do you have and how do you organize those so you can find your yummy food when you want it? Thanks! Love your channel, you've helped us so much!
In line with this question, would you do a video showing or telling us about your food storage?
I grew up in Southern Missouri and my husband grew up in the Phoenix area. :-) We have both always wanted to create our own place to raise meat, grow veggies & fruits and teach our future generations how to respect and live with nature. Our next step is to begin our tiny rabbit ranch, then move up to an acre in the city to have enough room for more animals. It's awesome to have a channel like yours to refer to; I really enjoy your projects and we're trying out some of your recipes. Keep creating, we love watching.
Hello; as always I so enjoy your videos. Live chats get distracting for me and as a senior citizen , sometimes the chats get going a little too fast to keep up with and then I loose what you're saying , so this is much better. Love your canning videos Sara, brings back such good memories of when My Mom and sisters and I canned. I was the youngest of seven. And we lived on a large ranch that my Dad loved and my Mom had a Hugh garden. ( And we had 500 Apple trees, we made apple butter in copper kettles over wood fire and stirred it for hours with these long handled wood stirring paddles. Made apple cider. Us kids Sold apples at a fruit stand my Dad made s,so we could buy school clothes. We all belonged to 4-H and then I fell in love with a city slicker for 34 yrs till the lord called him home.. Oh well, but those were the best times of my life. Sorry I got long winded, that's why I don't comment much. You both do a great job. Hugs from Livonia, Michigan. God Bless. oh ya, Hi Girls.
Thank you for NOT doing live streams. I just love the way on each video you explain the chore or issue you are working on. Yes, keep the girls off the videos . Love the pigs and all the babies. We lived in WI in Blanchardville for 4.5 years. Loved our 6 cows and chickens. We are in Montana now. Just super love your videos, stories and teaching. Your wonderful family is showing me a godly family of respect for each other. Love you all
Thank you for sharing your life with us
Kevin's cooking videos is what hooked me. ☺ Nice couple.
I am not a homesteader but I love your videos. Sarah, you are a natural beauty. Kevin you look like you’ve lost weight.
I thought Kevin looks thinner too but so does Sarah. Have you changed your diet or lifestyle? Thanks for another Q&A. Love your girls and wish them well in their lives.
Glad to see Kevin has shaved off some of the neck & facial hair, because it makes him look too old to have a beautiful wife like Sarah. You are a beautiful couple. I watch all your videos that I can catch, but would love to see you both all dressed up for church on Sunday morning, & a picture of your church. I was raised on a farm with 8 siblings, and we raised over an acre of planted garden. It was nothing for mom & us girls to can well over 500 jars of food to get us through to the next gardening season. And we had a huge freezer that we kept full of garden stuff & fresh pork & beef. It was hard work, but we always had plenty of good ole home grown, home cooked food. I thank God for that experience. God Bless your family.
I like this better than livestream. I love you guys! You inspire me.
LTH is right there at the top. You always do such a thorough job in sharing! In these days more and more people are waking up to be self reliant instead of the (old, outdated and downright destructive) "get a good education so you can get a high powered, high paying job with a big corporation" nonsense, you're a valuable asset...! Your subscribers have grown to over 300G and that, plus the many comments, is hands down proof of that. It seems just rather recently it was in the upper 200Gs as I was looking to see it surpass the 300G...and I missed it...! So, a belated congrats! I love that you take the time to occasionally make a vid to answer questions. Thanks for all you do!
Love this format better than live stream. In fact, I don’t even watch live streams. They are usually too long because they spend so much tiime acknowledging every person who shows up. So even if you get better internet keep up this method.
I live in New York City, in a smallish apartment, but you have made me more aware of light and nature, and inspired me to grow some vegetables in my sunny windows. I've started with scallions, and in the Fall I'll plant garlic. I don't have sun all day in any window, so I move the plants from the southeast facing to the southwest facing windows every day. Even city dwellers can be (very part-time) homesteaders! Thanks for your inspiration!
Your chanel is very special to us. Pray you prosper 100 fold😊 Love your life, love your videos 🌻🌼🌻
I love watching your videos. Congrats on 22 years together. We are going on 50 years on June 13th together. The reason for success is not giving up and understanding people are different. Don't try to change your partner, compliment them.
I am so happy to hear that you all have made it 22 years. Congratulations. Great part of the story
It seems to me that you two are friends. Sure, love is very important in a marriage, but friendship - just liking each other - gets you through the tougher times.
I always note the mutual RESPECT each of you has for the other on camera and most surely in daily life. Each of you listens to the other’s talking point, each of you verbally supports or adds to the other’s contribution, and each of you never interrupts the other. I’m sure that in daily life this foundation is a pillar of your success. Blessings to you and yours, JDBurns in SoCal
They share their Christian beliefs, that goes 90% towards a good marriage, the rest is love and respect for each other as individuals. I think that is the biggest thing in a good working marriage.
You two are so stinkin cute! I absolutely love all your videos. They are very informative, but also just plain fun to watch. You're about the same age as our older son. We are in our late 60's and love to garden together, but don't think we have it in us to do the size garden you have, or all the other stuff you do. We are trying the woven ground cover for the first time, on your recommendation. However, we live about 4 hours west of Dallas, and that black cover is getting pretty hot.
Thank you for sharing your lives and your expertise with us. Blessings!
I’ve been watching y’all for sometime now. Watching y’all just makes me smile. I just wanted to let you know. That even though you don’t often speak about it, I can see the Holy Spirit in y’all. Keep doing what your doing. I love watching y’all.
You both look slimmer today!
It's always the chickens that get ya lol That's how the homesteading bug bit me hahaha Thank you for all the wonderful videos and information. Y'all save us so much time and money on not having to do the trial and error. God bless y'all!
I've always said chickens and a garden are the gateway drug to homesteading!!!
I started with rabbits but chickens where right behind lol. I agree this channel has taught me so much and saved me many hours of trial and error.
I absolutely love the fact that you keep your kids off camera for the most part. Thats the one thing that stops me from having a channel of videos. My kids are such a huge part of my garden and can't imagine making them stay away while doing videos
Wow! Thanks for sharing! You two are so cute! 🤗
Love it! One of the questions I've had is, the only veterinary stuff we've seen is with Hope... is there any veterinary work with the pigs or rabbits? Shots? Deworming? That kinda thing...
Love y'all's channel first off. Now for the question--- seeing how today's cost of living keeps jumping how do you keep up with what it takes to homestead financially speaking and does this lifestyle pay for itself for y'all in the long run? I understand that not every year will be the same but just an overall look at it. Do you think that the harvest from the homestead supports itself?
Thank you for allowing us in your lives. I'm just wondering if Kevin will use his nerdy math on me now 😂😂😂
I love the nurdy maths lol
You both are inspiration to us.
Thank you 😊
Rosendale! When we would go to Packers games we knew that if we used the restroom at the stadium we could make it to Rosendale before needing to use a restroom again. Everyone in our southern Wisconsin county did the same thing and would always stop at a bar on the east side of Main Street where the Mobil Station is now. It closed some time ago and they tore it down to build the gas station. We also knew to ALWAYS drive the speed limit going through Rosendale because if you were even 1 MPH over the speed limit you'd get a ticket. In fact, I remember they used to sell T-shirts that said, "Rosendale: Just the Ticket!"
Enjoying your channel as a new subscriber, thanks!
In Michigan a common practice is to let goats and cows graze woodlots and it turns into wooded pasture over time. As an added bonus it makes great deer hunting area.
...especially goats.
You don't know what you don't know but I know I enjoy watching and learning from you. Your videos have been therapeutic in so many ways and I thank you Kevin and Sara for this. Sara, I too am a Survivor and the video you did while sitting on the porch left an imprint on my heart. I do not watch many live videos as I feel I miss something. I am on my way to Wisconsin to be with my Grandchildren for awhile and look forward to spending some time in the yard with my family! Thank you for sharing your life from milking the cow to canning chicken to putting up a greenhouse!
Great video! I am a “wannabe” homesteader...your story about your marriage gives me hope! Met my wife when we were 18...married at 22...will be celebrating 20 years in June...I have dreams of becoming more self sufficient (food and energy)...at present I’ll have to settle for living vicariously through your channel! Keep up the good work..it’s inspiring!
Gregory Roy start! Right where you are at. Add foods into your landscaping or container garden on your patio. Just get started.
If you are lucky enough to still have farmers market open, buy a lot and learn to can. I wish I would have done this before we moved to the country because then it would have been much easier to learn larger scale gardening already knowing how to can. Trying to learn too many skills at once is overwhelming.
If you are thinking of rabbits as meat, most city’s consider them domestic pets so you could start learning how to care and breed in your back yard. They are quiet and not smelly.
Go ahead and just start where you are... there are many skills you can learn still living in the city. Do a RUclips search for Urban homesteaders. Get started and Good luck!
Thanks for sharing your homesteading info, Kevin and Sarah. I also prefer your Q&A format over the more rambling and chaotic nature of live stream. I appreciate your focus and dedication to teaching and sharing. Keep up the good work! God bless.
Good morning from the foothills of NC. My hubby & I are the same. We work together very well & it makes life so much easier. We met later in life but better late than never. I love watching y'all & we are working on doing more things to make us more self-sufficient. We just moved here a year ago onto 19 acres but most of that is a hollow with wooded hills. We also hunt to stock our freezer & this property is great for that. We just planted our 1st garden & we're getting ready to get our 1st feeder pigs. We're also working on clearing about 3 acres of old pasture land for a cow or two in the future. I'll be 50 this fall & I'm disabled from chemo treatments because of breast cancer (6 yr survivor) but I so love being outside. It's hard for me most days to get motivated but your videos have me wanting to do so much. Lov'em! Bless you & your family & keep up the great work 🥰
Sarah I'm 8o this July and I'm going to plant a garden !!! . My husband is a computer expert and I'm a farm girl haha, doesn't mesh very well, but I am going to do it. He framed in a 4ft.x10ft . I will wait to plant after the quits. I love your channel so much pure joy for me to watch. Could you tell me the name of black plastic you are using. I live in Niagara falls Canada don't no if I can get it here. Thank so much God Bless
@@enahersom3167 , In Canada as well, try Tractor Supply, Dubois agricultural supplies , Vessy seeds in PEI but I just called and they are out of stock. I got a small roll from Lee Valley about 45 dollars.
You 2 remind me so much of my husband and I 20 yrs ago. We have always had the same mind set knowing who had the best knowledge of each thing we did here. We are each others best friend and thank God everyday we found each other.
Would of should of could of...we are so loving you both and respect how you are living your lives the info from the videos are priceless if we had to do it over again we would be homesteaders.❤
Between the pinky and ring finger.
@@triciasklodowske5653 what does that mean?
No questions, just compliments! Watching you two and a couple of other homesteaders has been so much pleasure for us. We don't do T.V., so our outlook is a little more realistic. So, Thank you both for sharing as you do, and TEACHING - (
If you want to open your land up, sell some of your trees to the loggers, they pay well and take the trees down for you, and you get to choose what trees go and what trees stay, just a thought
Yeah, I know youvsaid you didnt want to knock it all down, which I love, but a week with an excavator could set you up with a few years of firewood and a few acres to seed for pasture. Its not all or nothing.
With the upmost respect the difference between you clearing some land or buying already cleared is the difference between butchering your own meat or buying from a store, someone had to clear the land anyway.
You have more control over what is cleared and what is not.
I love watching you two working together. My husband and I work the same way, even 37 years later. When we do something I’ll know right away what he’s doing and move right along with what I can do to help. We communicate by body language and knowing what the steps are. I love seeing that with you both.
Hang in there you two. My husband and I work good together like you all and it has been almost 45 years. We even took on building our home that we live in, and that was 30 years ago. God helps us all along the way. Doubled our garden this year. Love watching things grow. Baby bunnies are do to arrive this Monday. Love the way you do the videos. God Bless
I only watch three homesteading channels. Your channel is my first go-to when I need small farm answers. I love the details in your instructions. I love the product recommendations. I love the encouragement. Makes me feel as if you are both right here by my side, teaching me as I garden. Thank you for all your hard work.
Love you guys!! Thanks for sharing. 😊🇺🇸
Love you two. This is much better than live streaming. YOUR HONESTY AND PRACTICALITY IS MUCH APPRECIATED. Glad you;re letting your girls to opt out of your videos. Too many predators out there. Bless you all.
OMG it’s amazing to know more about you guys👏
I am always waiting for your next video so I can see what you're up to. I have chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigs, rabbits and cows. You have taught me so much. I have butchered chickens and rabbits and am going to try a pig soon. Just finished building rabbit tractors! Thank you so much for what you do!
Always enjoy watching. Wonderful channel.
It’s because you have that love for each other, your goals and your family. It’s nice to watch. Thanks.
Hi Kevin and Sarah, thank you for the videos you do for us. I'm from South Africa and grew up on a farm but now live in a small town. Sarah I just want to tell you that your banana bread is awesome and I've made some and given it as gifts and I've generally had the comment of, "wow that's the best banana bread I've ever had ". So thank you again. God bless and please keep going as I especially enjoy what you both do and yes I have learnt a lot. Lynnette
You both share the same passion for homesteading and healthy food. Both of you obviously are not afraid of hard work. Most of all there is no egotism involved in working together because you respect yourself and each other. That respect shows in your conversations.
Oh to be your age again. I've always been a farm girl at heart. Managed a few brief forays into farm life and learned a lot in my 20's and 30's. When hubby and I reached our 50's, finally bought a home with enough room for a tiny urban homestead. It's been heaven. Chickens, rabbits, Nigerian Dwarfs (for a while until zoning said no 😭), garden and fruit trees.
My question to you is, do you have plans for the future when you reach retirement age and beyond?
We are at that stage right now, both retired, in our late 60's. Age and health is taking it's toll and we're having to navigate a new reality. The last 25 years went by in a blink of an eye.
Karla, to answer your question,
regarding the next step for being "60 something". Not sure what health issues you are dealing with, but my husband and I are in our early 70s and farming away! We are in reasonable health and just keep on going... Yes, except for the cattle herd, we carefully evaluate what we will undertake on our large farm. Wish we could give part of our 350 acre farm to Kevin & Sarah, but we are under a local land trust. Cannot subdivide. A state effort to protect open land in New Hampshire. With today's challenges, we plan to raise Barred Rock chickens for eggs and meat. I want to also raise geese again. Like the Toulouse and Pilgrim breeds. And if course we have multiple gardens. I would consider Nigerian dairy goats. Best of luck with whatever you decide - Diane
My husband and I, are 2 years older than Kevin and Sarah. We've contemplated if we want to continue on our land, as we age, or consider downsizing. There are many rabbit holes to get lost in, attempting to answer that question. Because no-one has a crystal ball of how your health is going to play-out in future. So how we answer the question of the future is - asking whether we'd enjoy the downsized lifestyle, on a smaller plot of land and having to consult whether we can fart within 2 metres of the neighbours fence-line, without incurring a complaint.
The answer is inevitably, "no"! We would not like to live that way. So even if we have to maintain this lifestyle, with increasing aches and pains, it's preferable to the postage stamp lifestyle, we escaped in the first place. But that's us. It's not going to be for everybody. Some people would prefer the closeness, smaller sized living, offers. So what they envisage for retirement, will be different to what we do. :)
@@dianehall5345 , you're so lucky to be able to still do those things! I have an autoimmune disease that has rendered me nearly incapable of walking in the last two years. I was a transit bus driver for 26 years, always active and my husband and I fished, hunted, camped, hiked. Started going downhill the last two years working. Just made it to full retirement when my body gave up. It's been hard giving up a job I loved, and not being able to do the things I had planned for retirement.
But, we are still here, persevering. My kids and family are okay. We have everything we need. So, all and all I'll say we are lucky too. Continued good luck and health to you and your loved ones. 😊
@@Christodophilus , yes! Keep your dream alive. You've asked yourselves all the right questions. So many can't see beyond next month, let alone years. Good luck! 😊
@@ladydriver0_0 Thanks Karla, and I hope you enjoy what ultimately fits your circumstances too. Just a quick note of what you said to Diane, I also have an autoimmune disease. Going on 30+ years now. Knowing what acreage asks of me, it became a mission to defy the statistical odds. I did a lot of medical research, not on my condition, but on what prolongs biological functions the most. I made a lot of lifestyle changes, my physicians weren't asking me to do, to manage my condition better. Which has resulted (thus far) in being relatively healthy.
I always wonder what I will physically be able to do, beyond 60. Statistically, I'm supposed to be deteriorating, the longer I have my condition. But I've never been one to follow statistics. My goal has always been to defy them. While I'm very appreciative of the medical team I have (and will continue to consult with them) we have very different ideas of how to treat my condition. Because I'm able to voluntarily experiment with things they would say, I shouldn't try - while they have to wait the 10+ years, for research to vindicate my results.
Please continue to listen to your treating physicians, but don't stop with them. Fade the statistics to the shadows, where they belong. I know all about the statistics they'll tell you, and the horrible things you can look forward to. It's not their fault, it's just their job to tell you that stuff. But do your own research into how to improve the biological functions in your body, which are struggling at present. Anyway, best of luck. :)
Thanks for the great videos. Love you guys for your easygoing nature and valuable information. My daughter and son-in-law are just starting their homestead and are the same age as yourselves. They also are a great team and hard workers. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and expertise, greatly appreciated. Much love 🥰 Stay safe.
Really like your channel as well as the way you both interact. Also learn from the food prep and preservation. Thanks so much and may God bless youall both in these tryingto times.
Me and my wife are just getting started urban homesteading on a third of an acre in Colorado Springs. Just subscribed to you all after watching you teach me how you made your chicken tractors. Very informative channel and feel like you all are like minded and going to be a great mentors. Keep up the great work!!!
I really don’t have any questions for ya but I love this format of Q-A much better! I don’t watch live streams because there’s very little conversation and a whole lot of....... “hi DeeDee, there’s upstate homestead, oh lookie there’s Billy Bo and Susie Q”.....that gets old real fast!
My wife and I love you guys so much! Y’all have inspired me to get started with rabbits, chickens, garden stuff and just generally being more self efficient.
Good 🌄 , happy to 👂 from you guys again. Looks nice that's a blessing of together this long. Awesome 👪 i 💘 watching your video and Channel too. Great crops and animals that you have did pretty good. I used to live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin back in 1984 and Ruleville,Mississippi .In 2018 me and my 👪 moved to Houston Texas i 💘 it here. Land already look big and nice.
I am 65 years old and guess have always been a homesteader but we call it farm life. Lol glad to see this lifestyle becoming popular again.
Kevin & Sarah, I have followed your journey for a long time and really enjoy your videos. We are in our 70's and you are like our children... ;-) since all our children live across the country. One Question: I would like to hear more about your faith and how it forms your relationships and focus. Peace and Blessings.
You both are a ray of sunshine ☀️. You lighten my heart and my day. Always looking forward to seeing your videos. Thanks 🙏 God Bless
Always love watching and listening about your family and homesteading life, Keep up the great vlogs. Have a great week.
Thanks; enjoyed listening to your comments, which shed light on why you make a good team. I'm in my 60's, retired and lived most of my adult life in the city. But, as a yound child, I grew up on my grandparent's farm. I marvel when I see you working and caring for your garden and small animals. It's amazing how your life mirrors what I experienced as a child. And, as for my grandparents, I'm sure they would agree they lived a rewarding life. Good luck to you both and I wish all God's blessings for you and your family.
wow its such a small world. I have been watching off and on for a few years, we are right down the road from Rosendale. How fun
Looks like your cow would love grazing right in the area behind you as your sitting on your picnic table.
Always so nice to hear more about you and your homesteading life, you guys are always so very busy, but I do have one question that is besides your regular homesteading type work do either of you have hobbies that you enjoy (when you have the time) lol. Love your channel I find myself looking forward to every video, My husband and I are both close to our 70's now and I so wish I had done what you guys did. But I am giving it a go at growing some tomatoes and peppers lol.a start. tfs your life with us....Mary
What a beautiful warm sunny day in Missouri! I like the view here! You both are rock stars! ❤️❤️❤️
Hey! I know when harvest begins, canning, freezing and dehydrating also begin, but could we see more cooking vids until then? I also love to see your ways of putting up food! Thanks!!
You've got plenty of grass for the cow in the front yard - put up your temporary electric fence & move it around as she "mows" the lawn for you. We always tethered each our horses to a cement block and let them graze the front yard freely. They loved it. Nice video & format!
I just bought our 1st batch of chickens... we are so excited.
I love this Q and A format. Way better than live chats, for sure. You could expand the pig pens and Hope's area by selectively removing a few trees. That way you aren't plowing down acres of trees, plus you'd get firewood for winter. Love your channel, it is one of the best!!!
Great video 👍 You guys are two of the hardest working RUclips creators that I subscribe to. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.✌️❤️
We had a similar set up in Texas with just over 11 acres with only a few for pasture. We ended up with goats and donkeys instead of cows.
I love this format you use! Please keep it going and I love your nerdy farm math! It helps me in figuring things I may have overlooked. Keep up the great videos. Thanks
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Hi from New Zealand. I love seeing you work together.
Thank you for sharing your life's with us. Also sharing so much information.
God bless you and your family.
Good morning
Love,Love your homestead.....My question is, How do you sustain your family financially? What money do you have coming in? Do you maintain a budget? I am almost 70 years old so this is not for me but 30 years ago, we might have given this a try.....Everything you attempt to do is interesting and love your garden tips but nothing beats the morning chores. Love to see the ducks, turkeys, chickens, pigs and Hope......Keep up the good organic work....God Bless.....
You guys are so awesome! You remind me and the hubs!❤️We're learning each and every day, and sadly... we don't own anything... we rent...I started growing again to heal cancer and other ailments, but to also teach our son what can be achieved... kind of a mission for me, us, and I Thankyou for the beautiful people you are on the most beautiful of mornings we've had in Ontario, Canada in quite some time!🙏🇨🇦Best morning coffee ever!:)
I also like this fir mbb at. Hate live streams. You guys are awesome! Thanks.
You guy's answered many of my questions, I so enjoy watching your video's, my husband and I had dreams and planes when we moved to the country, like you said we would have gotten more cleared land. I just completely enjoy watching, God bless stay safe. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💜💜 Hi to those beautiful girls 👋
Your sweet personalities and knowledge of self sufficiency is what I like about your videos. Stay Blessed 🙂
You could fell and sell some walnut, oak or hickory trees and clear some land, that way it wouldn't be a waste for you, and it's good money. But, even though you're young yet, one day, you may be glad you don't have more to care for! Take it from an active 61-year-old. You just slow down, lol.
I just love you two!
I've been a viewer of yours for a while now. I just want to say....God Bless💙 Love the content and 👉🏻you two are amazing. 🙋🏻
Thank you for the advice about Azure. I am going to pick up my 3rd order this morning. Stay safe and well. Sending love to you all.
I’m actually quite jealous of how well you guys work together. My husband and I both want a homestead. But...while he enjoys the benefits of homesteading (growing our own food as well as the peace and quiet and being self reliant).... I’m the one that does all the work. I have to beg him for help when there is something I just can’t do alone. Otherwise he says it’s just “not his thing”. He has no interest in gardening (but likes to eat from it) no interest in the work to care for animals (but enjoys watching them, and enjoys eating them). He has no interest in learning any of it. I remind him that if something happened to me, he would lose that life and die without me LOL
I liked the kids on the taste testing!
I love watching you both. I'm RN and work full-time with cancer patients. I love gardening and did have chickens at one time. Keep doing what you are doing!
I too like this platform better. Congrats on staying together for almost 22 years. My question to you is how is Hope doing?
1976 yeah! Same as my wife and I. I just turned 44 a few days ago. We moved to MO from MS in 2016. Unjoyed the video!
Good, honest answers.
Thank you for sharing!😊
I've noticed that you only have 7 ducks I thought you started with 3 then 6 more, but maybe something happened to them. I am an avid watcher, I look forward to your video s and you have helped me with my balcony raised beds. Thank you for sharing your life with all of us. Blessings to your family
For your next Q&A session - a few suggestions - I would like your reaction. Have you ever considered keeping bees for all the benefits they offer - food - wax - pollinating your plants - and 2) growing your own fodder indoors for your animals?